“The elderly couple were from DeBary and what we understand is that she suffered from either Alzheimer’s or dementia and he was also ill and could not take care of her,” Sampsell said. “So far we can tell it happened after he had breakfast with her.”

A nurse who called 9-1-1 dispatchers said she went into Mary Bowers’ room and found her with an injury to her head.

“It’s a terrible sight,” the nurse told the dispatcher. “She is laying across the bed. He is laying on the floor.”

Police reports show that Gary Bowers, 75, checked in his 83-year-old wife, Mary, at the facility on Aug. 14 and came to visit her every day. He also called the staff several times a day to check on his wife, facility staff told police.

Gary Bowers was also concerned about whether he did the right thing putting his wife in the facility, investigators said.

Facility staff told investigators that Gary Bowers was stressed over not being able to care for his wife because of his illness, the report states.

On Sunday, Gary Bowers came to visit his wife at 8:07 a.m. and had breakfast with her. At about 8:45 a.m. a staff member saw the couple walking back to Mary Bowers’ room. When a staff member went to the room at 9:20 a.m. to give Mary Bowers her medicine, the worker found the bodies in the room, police said.

Facility staff called 9-1-1.

When police arrived, they found Mary Bowers shot to death in bed and Gary Bowers was found lying on his left side on the floor also suffering from a gunshot to the head. A revolver was found next to him, police said.

The assisted living facility’s executive director, Paulette Buono, could not be reached Thursday morning.

Reached by telephone Thursday morning, Tim Bowers, listed as the next of kin in police reports, said the incident is a private family matter and asked that his family’s space be respected.

<p>Orange City police are investigating the murder-suicide of a couple over the weekend after both were found shot to death in the wife's room at an assisted living facility, a police official said.</p><p>The shooting occurred at the Savannah Court assisted living facility, 202 Strawberry Oaks Drive, police Cmdr. Jason Sampsell said Thursday.</p><p>“The elderly couple were from DeBary and what we understand is that she suffered from either Alzheimer's or dementia and he was also ill and could not take care of her,” Sampsell said. “So far we can tell it happened after he had breakfast with her.”</p><p>A nurse who called 9-1-1 dispatchers said she went into Mary Bowers' room and found her with an injury to her head.</p><p>“It's a terrible sight,” the nurse told the dispatcher. “She is laying across the bed. He is laying on the floor.”</p><p>Police reports show that Gary Bowers, 75, checked in his 83-year-old wife, Mary, at the facility on Aug. 14 and came to visit her every day. He also called the staff several times a day to check on his wife, facility staff told police.</p><p>Gary Bowers was also concerned about whether he did the right thing putting his wife in the facility, investigators said.</p><p>Facility staff told investigators that Gary Bowers was stressed over not being able to care for his wife because of his illness, the report states.</p><p>On Sunday, Gary Bowers came to visit his wife at 8:07 a.m. and had breakfast with her. At about 8:45 a.m. a staff member saw the couple walking back to Mary Bowers' room. When a staff member went to the room at 9:20 a.m. to give Mary Bowers her medicine, the worker found the bodies in the room, police said.</p><p>Facility staff called 9-1-1.</p><p>When police arrived, they found Mary Bowers shot to death in bed and Gary Bowers was found lying on his left side on the floor also suffering from a gunshot to the head. A revolver was found next to him, police said.</p><p>The assisted living facility's executive director, Paulette Buono, could not be reached Thursday morning.</p><p>Reached by telephone Thursday morning, Tim Bowers, listed as the next of kin in police reports, said the incident is a private family matter and asked that his family's space be respected.</p><p>“I have no further comments,” Tim Bowers said.</p>